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Dominic Sherwood’s Guilty Pleasure Off Set of Shadowhunters

Dominic Sherwood’s Guilty Pleasure Off Set of Shadowhunters

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Actor Dominic Sherwood returns to the YH Studio to chat about his work on the hit Freeform series "Shadowhunters" and tease a guest appearance by his lady love Sarah Hyland! He also reveals why he prefers to stay in his American accent throughout an entire shooting day, plus he confesses how his fitness regimen for the show gets in the way of his fast food addition!

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Young Hollywood

Hey guys, it is Audrey Cleo in the Young Hollywood studio with Dominic Sherwood.

Dominic Sherwood

Hey.

Young Hollywood

From Shadow Hunters.

Dominic Sherwood

Hello.

Dominic Sherwood

Cameras keep changing. I don't know Oh, and it happened again. I don't know which one to look at.

Young Hollywood

You're not supposed to be looking at that.

Dominic Sherwood

Oh, I'm not supposed to be looking at that. It's right there, though. Why would I not be looking at that? It's like right in front of me.

Young Hollywood

Such an actor. Such an actor. Do you need me to go like this?

Dominic Sherwood

It's okay. Yeah. I'll do it. There we go. This is going to be the rest of the interview. Is that still good? Cuz I can't see it now.

Young Hollywood

We can't see it. Welcome back.

Dominic Sherwood

Thank you. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

This time for Shadow Hunters. Correct. A special guest star joining the show as well. Yes. And someone who's very special in your life, Sarah Hyland, your girlfriend. What was that like having her on the set and working?

Dominic Sherwood

That's right. Oh, so exciting. And it's she's she's such a professional and she I can't tell you anything about kind of what she does, but she does such an amazing job.

Young Hollywood

Is it just a one-off? Is it just a one episode? It's uh Or did she have an arc?

Dominic Sherwood

It's No, no, no. It's it's it's more convoluted than just kind of the character as an individual. Again, I'm going to be like super vague and I'm really sorry about that. I wish I could tell you more, but like

Young Hollywood

Okay, that's okay. But really, tell us everything.

Dominic Sherwood

It was I know, right? I know, I wish. Um, but she's she's great. The crew all fell in love with her. The cast all fell in love with her. She does such an amazing job, and I'm just incredibly proud.

Young Hollywood

You know, I I'm a little taken aback. Uh, I'm used to hearing an American accent.

Dominic Sherwood

Yeah. Yeah. It's yeah. there it is. Yeah, yeah. It's well, it's um it's just it's so much easier for me to like I keep my American accent on whenever I'm on set. So when I get picked up, I'm in the car and my American accent starts, and it doesn't stop until I get home that evening. Wow. So we even had we had like crew members who didn't know until like the rap party that I was British.

Young Hollywood

Can you go back and forth? Like could you just switch?

Dominic Sherwood

No, that's why I try not to because cuz then you make mistakes. And I'll I'll find that I'll be talking in my American accent and I'll say something. I'm like, well, that didn't sound right. That sounded weird. And I'll turn to like the other cast members and say, how do you say this word? Like cuz it's I've never had to say it in an American accent. like you said like this, and they kind of helped me through. So it's it's like constantly learning um as the as the show goes on.

Young Hollywood

Did you work with an accent coach or was it something you picked up?

Dominic Sherwood

No, I just I just did movies where it was like terrible, and I watched them back and I was like, well, that was awful. Like I don't want to do it like that again. So let's let's make that better.

Young Hollywood

We were talking earlier about how much you have to stay in shape for this show. There's a lot of there's a lot of. You love exercise, right?

Dominic Sherwood

Yeah, the exercise is fine. I enjoy the exercise and I do that a lot of weeks.

Young Hollywood

Cuz we had some of your castmates in and they were talking about the workouts that they do. Especially like Cat. She's always like posting stuff.

Dominic Sherwood

Yeah, Cat do Kat loves it. She's yeah, she's over her back workouts. They work out to like classical music and stuff. Yeah. No. Yeah, I know.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so what is your preferred workout?

Dominic Sherwood

Uh not not working out. I prefer to not work out at all. Just not eating anything.

Young Hollywood

Well, just

Dominic Sherwood

No, I just like like yesterday, like I'm not working for a little bit. So yesterday I had like Joe's Pizza and then McDonald's twice.

Young Hollywood

Wow. There was little shame. There was.

Dominic Sherwood

Yeah. It's cuz that's like the first time I've said it out loud, like admitted to myself cuz you have. Oh. And don't make me Okay, so

Young Hollywood

Okay, so I had a I had a whole Joe's pepperoni pie. And then I had Wait, how big is like the entire Is this one that's supposed to like feed a I don't know, small family, like. Okay. Okay. Or just or just Dom. Okay.

Dominic Sherwood

Yeah. Whatever.

Young Hollywood

I'm fascinated by this.

Dominic Sherwood

Yeah. It's so bad. So I guess over the course of the day, I had three cheeseburgers, two McChicken sandwiches, 25 nuggets, two Coca-Colas, and three large fries. And this is what makes it so hard. It's like an addiction then I'll get back to set and they're like, no, you can't eat any of that anymore. And I'd like get the shakes. I get like withdrawals.

Young Hollywood

withdrawals. McDonald's and fast food withdrawals. Wow. It does not show though.

Dominic Sherwood

Well, that's very sweet. I dressed to accommodate it. So that's like if you could keep that framing. No, no, no. Don't pan out. Let's stay right there. Stay real close and we'll keep the gut out of it. That's perfect. That's all I need. That and my butt. It all goes to my butt, but well, I'm sitting so it doesn't matter.

Young Hollywood

Well, what can people expect uh from Shadow Hunters? Where are we going?

Dominic Sherwood

It's getting dark. A lot of darkness happens towards. Oh yeah. Towards the end of the season. It I mean, it gets as bad as it can get for Jace.

Young Hollywood

All right. Well, we'll stay tuned. Dominic, this was a pleasure. Someone get you McDonald's.

Dominic Sherwood

Thank you.

Young Hollywood

Immediately.

Dominic Sherwood

Yeah, can we do a McDonald's run? That'd be great.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Dominic Sherwood

    Interview subject, actor on Shadowhunters

  • Audrey Cleo

    Interviewer

  • Sarah Hyland

    Dominic's girlfriend, guest star on Shadowhunters

  • Kat McNamara

    Shadowhunters castmate, mentioned for her workouts

  • Jace

    Character played by Dominic Sherwood on Shadowhunters

FAQ

Who is Dominic Sherwood's girlfriend?+
Dominic Sherwood's girlfriend is Sarah Hyland.
Why does Dominic Sherwood keep his American accent on set?+
Dominic Sherwood keeps his American accent on set to avoid making mistakes when switching between accents and to consistently learn American pronunciations.
What is Dominic Sherwood's guilty pleasure?+
Dominic Sherwood's guilty pleasure is fast food, specifically Joe's Pizza and McDonald's, which he admits to having an addiction to.
What can viewers expect from the future of Shadowhunters?+
Viewers can expect the series to get darker, especially for Dominic Sherwood's character, Jace.
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